What opponents of \u2018hate crime\u2019 and \u2018hate speech\u2019 legislation have been saying<\/a>.\u00a0 Like those who once warned that accepting homosexuality would end marriage and open the door to any sex act between two or more carbon based life forms are now seeing their fears realized, those who have seen hate crime and hate speech legislation as the first baby steps toward totalitarian oppression of liberties and freedoms just got a boost in the arm.\u00a0 Of course this could be a very negative way of interpreting what President Obama said.\u00a0 But then, we can wonder what the reaction would have been had President Bush said the exact same thing, word for word, about students who question religion, Christianity, or traditional values.\u00a0 Given the reactions that did happen when far less was done under previous administrations, my guess is there\u2019s a rat to be smelled in this, and folks better put the breaks on ASAP.\u00a0 After all, losing freedoms isn\u2019t like getting a bad haircut.\u00a0 If we decide we don\u2019t like it, it just doesn\u2019t grow back.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What opponents of \u2018hate crime\u2019 and \u2018hate speech\u2019 legislation have been saying.\u00a0 Like those who once warned that accepting homosexuality would end marriage and open the door to any sex act between two or more carbon based life forms are now seeing their fears realized, those who have seen hate crime and hate speech legislation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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